公开(公告)号：US12293503B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-06

申请号：US17652134

申请日：2022-02-23

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： Xue Liu ,  David J. Sundquist ,  Matthew Mark Thomas ,  Steven M. Volz ,  Hui Lin Yang

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: A method is provided for measuring and quantifying optical distortion of a transparent object using a single image. Embodiments provided herein include a method including: receiving an image of an object and a transparent object, where the object is visible through the transparent object, where a portion of the image of the object is visible through the transparent object is an inside region of interest (iROI), where a portion of the image of the object not viewed through the transparent object is an outside region of interest (oROI); determining measured pixel locations for a plurality of identified pixels in the image, the plurality of identified pixels corresponding to the distinct points in the image; calculating virtual locations in the image representing the distinct points within the iROI; determining, for respective distinct points within the iROI, differences between the virtual location and the measured pixel location.

公开(公告)号：US12221229B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US16672363

申请日：2019-11-01

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： James W. Brown, Jr. ,  John Joseph Haake ,  Xue Liu ,  Anthony Carl Roberts ,  Nathaniel Philip Roman ,  Matthew Mark Thomas ,  Lucian Woods

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B64F5/60 ,  G01N21/958

Abstract: A system includes a robotic arm of a robotic device, an imaging device coupled to the robotic arm, and a processor configured to control movement of the robotic arm to move the imaging device along a preprogrammed measurement path of a transparency while prompting the imaging device to record images of localized portions of the transparency. The processor is configured to determine one or more localized transparency characteristics based on an analysis of the images of the localized portions.

公开(公告)号：US11260957B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-01

申请号：US16265443

申请日：2019-02-01

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： John Cleveland Waldrop, III ,  Manny S. Urcia, Jr. ,  Robert Ray Johnson ,  Samuel Jerome Huhman ,  Xue Liu ,  William A. Lamey, III ,  Anthony Roberts ,  Lucian Woods

IPC: B64C7/00

Abstract: Rupture fairings are disclosed. A disclosed example fairing for use with an aircraft includes a surface to at least partially define an exterior surface of the aircraft when the fairing is installed onto the aircraft, and a membrane to rupture during flight of the aircraft, where the membrane defines at least a portion of the exterior surface.

公开(公告)号：US20210164920A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-03

申请号：US16702409

申请日：2019-12-03

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Xue Liu ,  Matthew Mark Thomas ,  Hui Lin Yang

IPC: G01N21/958 ,  G01N21/88

Abstract: An inspection system for detecting optical defects in a transparency includes a first rounded array of first elongated light elements, and a second rounded array of second elongated light elements. The second rounded array is positionable radially outboard of the first rounded array. The inspection system further includes a light-element-moving system configured to radially translate at least the first elongated light elements. The inspection system also includes an image recording device positionable on a side of the transparency opposite the first and second rounded arrays and configured to record images of the transparency during radial translation of at least the first elongated light elements during backlighting of the transparency. The inspection system includes a processor configured to analyze the images recorded during radial translation of at least the first elongated light elements, and detect optical defects in the transparency based on analysis of the images.

公开(公告)号：US20210129971A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：US16672363

申请日：2019-11-01

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： James W. Brown, JR. ,  John Joseph Haake ,  Xue Liu ,  Anthony Carl Roberts ,  Nathaniel Philip Roman ,  Matthew Mark Thomas ,  Lucian Woods

IPC: B64C1/14 ,  B25J19/02 ,  G01N21/958 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: A system includes a robotic arm of a robotic device, an imaging device coupled to the robotic arm, and a processor configured to control movement of the robotic arm to move the imaging device along a preprogrammed measurement path of a transparency while prompting the imaging device to record images of localized portions of the transparency. The processor is configured to determine one or more localized transparency characteristics based on an analysis of the images of the localized portions.

公开(公告)号：US20250145309A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US19014906

申请日：2025-01-09

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： James W. Brown, JR. ,  John Joseph Haake ,  Xue Liu ,  Anthony Carl Roberts ,  Nathaniel Philip Roman ,  Matthew Mark Thomas ,  Lucian Woods

IPC: B64F5/60 ,  B25J19/02 ,  G01N21/958 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: A system includes a transmitting horn coupled to a first robotic arm and positionable in immediate non-contacting proximity to a transparency, and configured to emit an emitted signal comprising a focused energy beam for impingement on the transparency. The system further includes a receiving horn coupled to a second robotic arm and positionable relative to the transmitting horn in immediate proximity to the transparency, and configured to receive a received signal comprising at least a portion of the emitted signal after transmission through or reflection off of the transparency. The system also includes a processor configured to move the first robotic arm and the second robotic arm in a coordinated manner along a preprogrammed measurement path, and determine at least one transparency characteristic based on an analysis of the received signal.

公开(公告)号：US11119052B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US16702409

申请日：2019-12-03

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Xue Liu ,  Matthew Mark Thomas ,  Hui Lin Yang

IPC: G01N21/958 ,  G01N21/88 ,  B60Q3/208

Abstract: An inspection system for detecting optical defects in a transparency includes a first rounded array of first elongated light elements, and a second rounded array of second elongated light elements. The second rounded array is positionable radially outboard of the first rounded array. The inspection system further includes a light-element-moving system configured to radially translate at least the first elongated light elements. The inspection system also includes an image recording device positionable on a side of the transparency opposite the first and second rounded arrays and configured to record images of the transparency during radial translation of at least the first elongated light elements during backlighting of the transparency. The inspection system includes a processor configured to analyze the images recorded during radial translation of at least the first elongated light elements, and detect optical defects in the transparency based on analysis of the images.

公开(公告)号：US20200247527A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-06

申请号：US16265443

申请日：2019-02-01

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： John Cleveland Waldrop, III ,  Manny S. Urcia, JR. ,  Robert Ray Johnson ,  Samuel Jerome Huhman ,  Xue Liu ,  William A. Lamey, III ,  Anthony Roberts ,  Lucian Woods

IPC: B64C7/00

Abstract: Rupture fairings are disclosed. A disclosed example fairing for use with an aircraft includes a surface to at least partially define an exterior surface of the aircraft when the fairing is installed onto the aircraft, and a membrane to rupture during flight of the aircraft, where the membrane defines at least a portion of the exterior surface.